diff --git a/awx/ui/src/screens/Job/Job.helptext.js b/awx/ui/src/screens/Job/Job.helptext.js
index b875fb90f4..d66b90b23a 100644
--- a/awx/ui/src/screens/Job/Job.helptext.js
+++ b/awx/ui/src/screens/Job/Job.helptext.js
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ const jobHelpText = {
   jobTags: t`Tags are useful when you have a large playbook, and you want to run a specific part of a play or task. Use commas to separate multiple tags. Refer to the documentation for details on the usage of tags.`,
   skipTags: t`Skip tags are useful when you have a large playbook, and you want to skip specific parts of a play or task. Use commas to separate multiple tags. Refer to the documentation for details on the usage of tags.`,
   sourceControlBranch: t`Select a branch for the workflow. This branch is applied to all job template nodes that prompt for a branch.`,
+  projectUpdate: t`Project checkout results`,
   forks: (
     <span>
       {t`The number of parallel or simultaneous processes to use while executing the playbook. An empty value, or a value less than 1 will use the Ansible default which is usually 5. The default number of forks can be overwritten with a change to`}{' '}
diff --git a/awx/ui/src/screens/Job/JobDetail/JobDetail.js b/awx/ui/src/screens/Job/JobDetail/JobDetail.js
index 6e97554a6e..a2079bd3be 100644
--- a/awx/ui/src/screens/Job/JobDetail/JobDetail.js
+++ b/awx/ui/src/screens/Job/JobDetail/JobDetail.js
@@ -168,15 +168,14 @@ function JobDetail({ job, inventorySourceLabels }) {
           />
           <Detail
             dataCy="job-project-status"
-            label={t`Project Status`}
+            label={t`Project Update Status`}
+            helpText={jobHelpText.projectUpdate}
             value={
               projectUpdate ? (
                 <Link to={`/jobs/project/${projectUpdate.id}`}>
-                  <StatusLabel status={project.status} />
+                  <StatusLabel status={projectUpdate.status} />
                 </Link>
-              ) : (
-                <StatusLabel status={project.status} />
-              )
+              ) : null
             }
           />
         </>
diff --git a/awx/ui/src/screens/Job/JobDetail/JobDetail.test.js b/awx/ui/src/screens/Job/JobDetail/JobDetail.test.js
index ed3d84bda5..9f2f8ae0e2 100644
--- a/awx/ui/src/screens/Job/JobDetail/JobDetail.test.js
+++ b/awx/ui/src/screens/Job/JobDetail/JobDetail.test.js
@@ -103,7 +103,9 @@ describe('<JobDetail />', () => {
     const statusLabel = statusDetail.find('StatusLabel');
     expect(statusLabel.prop('status')).toEqual('successful');
 
-    const projectStatusDetail = wrapper.find('Detail[label="Project Status"]');
+    const projectStatusDetail = wrapper.find(
+      'Detail[label="Project Update Status"]'
+    );
     expect(projectStatusDetail.find('StatusLabel')).toHaveLength(1);
     const projectStatusLabel = statusDetail.find('StatusLabel');
     expect(projectStatusLabel.prop('status')).toEqual('successful');